Description

SOUTH COWTON
NZ 20 SE
2/27
29.1.53

Pepper Arden
(previously listed as
'Pepper Arden Hall')

II

House. Central block early C18, rear wing c1850, side block and canted bays
c1870. C19 alterations possibly by W.E. Nesfield. Red brick, cement
rendering, ashlar dressings. Welsh slate roof. Central block: 3 storeys, 7
bays. Sashes in plain surrounds with double keystones, second-floor windows
with single keystones. Central half-glazed door with overlight in Roman
Doric porch with frieze, cornice with mutules and blocking course. Above is
a window with segmental pediment. First-and second-floor bands. Stone
cornice and balustraded parapet with ball-finials. To either side canted
stone bays: 2 storeys, quoins, sashes with double keystones. First-floor
band, cornice, parapet as main block. To left: wing of 2 storeys,2 bays.
Quoins. Tripartite windows with sashes in stone surrounds with double
keystones. First-floor band and parapet as main block. To far left:
service block with walled court in front. Arched openings on a plinth with
frieze, cornice and parapet as main block. Interior: open-well staircase
with thin iron balusters. The 2 front rooms of the main block have C19
plaster ceilings.

Listing NGR: NZ2966301871

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26483639

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